Ignite!'s been accused of dumbing-down things to an extraordinary degree with its Schoolhouse Rock-lite curriculum, and Neil, it seems, is ever on guard for such slights.

Even though Ignite!'s Web site doesn't list any Wisconsin schools, the battle over Ignite! recently opened a front in cheesehead country. Specifically, the city of La Crosse.

Marilyn Fox, from Onalaska, Wisconsin (it's near La Crosse, we guess), wrote a letter to the editor of the La Crosse Tribune. She questioned whether Neil was benefiting from No Child Left Behind funds.